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For Israel, a Reckoning

15-01-2010 23:43 | Other Press | Palestine | Sheffield | World

The farce of the climate change summit in Copenhagen affirmed a world war waged by the rich against most of humanity. It also illuminated a resistance growing perhaps as never before: an internationalism linking justice for the planet earth with universal human rights, and criminal justice for those who invade and dispossess with impunity. And the best news comes from Palestine.

Major earthquake strikes Haiti; What you can do to help

15-01-2010 14:26 | Other Press | World

On Tuesday, a major 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, leveling cities and possibly killing hundreds of thousands. We are listing the more reputable aid organizations so that folks can donate.

*Doctors Without Borders -

http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
*Partners in Health -

http://www.pih.org/home.html
*Grassroots International -

http://www.grassrootsonline.org/

Do not contribute to the Red Cross (organizational corruption) or Yele Haiti, Wyclef Jean's organization which is distributing his call for US military intervention in Haiti.

An Orwellian World for Big Brother

Around the world, a near invisible network of RFID wireless tags is being put on almost every type of consumer item. Wireless tags and sensors are being produced in their billions and are capable of being connected to the Internet in an instant. Yet this network is being built with little public knowledge or consent.

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Medialens: Nuclear Deceit - The Times and Iran

On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran’s nuclear programme that revealed “a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosion”. (Leading article, ‘Explosive Deceit; The exposure of Iran's programme to test an essential component of a nuclear weapon confirms a pattern of duplicity by a bellicose regime,’ The Times, December 14, 2009)

Iranian scientist assassinated as US steps up war threats

13-01-2010 16:51 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

Massoud Ali Mohammadi, one of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists, was assassinated in Tehran Tuesday, just two days after the top US military commander in the region announced that the Pentagon has drawn up plans to bomb Iranian nuclear sites.

Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

Ignoring or downplaying Western crimes is a standard feature of the corporate Western media. On rare occasions when a broadcaster or newspaper breaks ranks and reports ‘our’ crimes honestly, it is instructive to observe the response from the rest of the media. Do they follow suit, perhaps digging deeper for details, devoting space to profiles of the victims and interviews with grieving relatives, humanising all concerned? Do they put the crimes in perspective as the inevitable consequence of rapacious Western power? Or do they look away?

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Never Mind the Facts, let’s have a war...

08-01-2010 09:54 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

A missile test-fired by Iran last week was reported on the BBC World Service as being “capable of striking Israel”. The choice of words was not unusual. The well-worn phrase is so reliably heard in these news bulletins that its use betrays a coded script.

The not-too subliminal implications are that Iran is: a) a hostile state; b) doing something illegal in test-firing a long-range missile; and c) gearing up to deliver on its alleged threat to wipe out the state of Israel.

This is a propaganda system at work: the choice of words and framework of logic designed to condition people into accepting certain options. In this case, the pre-determined option is a unilateral military strike on Iran either by the US or Israel.

Movement #3 - No Borders newsletter

For full details of the contents of issue three check out:

http://noborderswales.org.uk/2010/01/07/movement-3/

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Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010

05-01-2010 20:35 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that “passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’.”

In Oceania, truth and lies are indivisible. According to Obama, the American attack on Afghanistan in 2001 was authorised by the United Nations Security Council. There was no UN authority. He said the “the world” supported the invasion in the wake of 9/11 when, in truth, all but three of 37 countries surveyed by Gallup expressed overwhelming opposition.

Guardian Newspaper Fronts ‘Black Propaganda’ Against Iran

04-01-2010 10:18 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

On Thursday, 31 December 2009, a video was released through the UK’s Guardian Newspaper, claiming that “after a year-long investigation, GuardianFilms has exclusively uncovered the story of what happened to the five Britons kidnapped in Iraq on 29 May 2007, as the only survivor, Peter Moore, is released”.

Granted, this PR effort on behalf of the British Secret Intelligence Services, using Guardian Newspapers as a front, is a cut-above U.S. IntelCenter’s amateurish video releases of ‘Al-CIA-Duh’ agents.

French media caught red-handed: Honduras coup protest photo presented as Iranian

02-01-2010 09:55 | Analysis | Other Press | Technology | World

The German daily Junge Welt reported that the French public national television channel "France 2" has diffused an image of a protest in Honduras against the June 2009 military coup and portrayed it as young Iranians resisting security forces during the Ashura day protests in Tehran.

'Making Cents: Life Below the Bottom Rung' (2009)

30-12-2009 11:26 | Globalisation | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

A series of oil paintings examining the daily existence of people making a living in the worst working conditions in the global economy.

FLASHBACK: Israel's blonde bombshells and real bombs in Gaza

27-12-2009 21:37 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

I am not sure that most people understand the meaning of the name "Operation Cast Lead" chosen by Israel for its murderous and criminal attack on Gaza. The name is borrowed from a Hebrew nursery rhyme which was (and may still be) very popular among Israeli children in the 1950s.

The cynicism embedded in the name, selected for what Ari Shavit, one of Israel's most celebrated commentators, called "an intelligent, impressive operation," is symptomatic to the cold, meticulous and calculated cruelty with which this attack was "designed," "executed" and "marketed" to the world.

Talks at Cowley Club Bookshop

To kick off 2010 in style, we have a series of author talks lined up at the Cowley....

International education strike network-meeting Berlin 15.th-17.th of Januar 2010

27-12-2009 16:26 | Education | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

Becouse of the international Studentsprotest there is the first official international education strike network-meeting at th Humbold University Berlin from the 15.th unitil the 17.th of January 2010. In europe now there are more than 280 universities occupied and the students have claims to those respnsible wich are a must for a sensible education. Worldwide more then 580 universities are participating with the protestactivities

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Using Space Four

New issue of using space out now!

Whistleblower Ex-Lecturer Convicted of Harassment Against British Knight

24-12-2009 14:36 | Education | Other Press | Repression | World

On 22 December 2009, Dr Howard Fredrics, former Senior Lecturer of Music at Kingston University, London, was convicted in absentia of harassment against Sir George "Peter" Scott, Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University for having operated a website that revealed evidence of misconduct by the University. The conviction was handed down by the Kingston Magistrates Court despite a compelling police investigation report that indicated that there was no evidence that the site contained anything that could lead to such a charge.

The Times: Secret document exposes Iran's nuclear trigger

15-12-2009 01:01 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Other Press | World

“Leaked memo shows regime intent on building atomic bomb”

“It looks like the smoking gun. This is smoking uranium.”

“Israel must decide within months on military strike.”

With the December 14th issue of ‘The Times’, the British media’s four-year-long propaganda campaign against Iran enters its final stage.

In fact, the tone and scope of this latest coverage is almost identical to those we were bombarded with in the months preceding the invasion of Iraq.

"Monstrous" Cancer Research building with jacuzzi, swimming pool and gyn sold.

There is outrage in Camden as a £30 million building described locally as "monstrous" and hosting a jacuzzi, gym and swimming pool and currently used by Cancer Research UK has been sold. Camden council have given planning permission for the ambassadorial building to be converted into a home that campaigners say "will never be used". Is this how CRUK spend money?

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A Memory Abused: No Rest or Peace for Neda Agha-Soltan

13-12-2009 20:28 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Other Press | World

The ruthless exploitation of the death of Neda for political purposes is an egregious example of a propaganda war being waged by the enemies of Iran – everyone should be concerned, however, since the manipulation of the media and public opinion is a feature of domestic news coverage in the West as much as it is of reporting on a Middle Eastern state.

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World Other Press Newswire Archive

For Israel, a Reckoning

Major earthquake strikes Haiti; What you can do to help

An Orwellian World for Big Brother

Medialens: Nuclear Deceit - The Times and Iran

Iranian scientist assassinated as US steps up war threats

Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

Never Mind the Facts, let’s have a war...

Movement #3 - No Borders newsletter

Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010

Guardian Newspaper Fronts ‘Black Propaganda’ Against Iran

French media caught red-handed: Honduras coup protest photo presented as Iranian

'Making Cents: Life Below the Bottom Rung' (2009)

FLASHBACK: Israel's blonde bombshells and real bombs in Gaza

Talks at Cowley Club Bookshop

International education strike network-meeting Berlin 15.th-17.th of Januar 2010

Using Space Four

Whistleblower Ex-Lecturer Convicted of Harassment Against British Knight

The Times: Secret document exposes Iran's nuclear trigger

"Monstrous" Cancer Research building with jacuzzi, swimming pool and gyn sold.

A Memory Abused: No Rest or Peace for Neda Agha-Soltan

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